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Jake Tuli House

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No. 28 Crestum Drive, Noordgesig. Stand 590 Noordgesig (old stand no. 452).
25 June 2017

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Tuli House Jake Tuli (born Jacob Tuli, 1929-1998) was a South African professional fly, bantam and featherweight boxer. He was a British Empire flyweight titleholder, making him the first black South African to hold an Empire championship title. He also held the Transvaal (non-white) bantamweight title, and South African (non-white) title. For nelson Mandela, Tuli was simply Òour greatest heroÓ. Tuli was posthumously awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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